Francesco Alborea
Francesco Alborea
Person from Italy
Genres: italian, 18th century, cellist, neapolitan, late baroque
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About Francesco Alborea
Francesco Alborea, or Franciscello or Francischello (March 7, 1691 in Naples – July 20, 1739 in Vienna), was an Italian cellist and composer of the late Baroque. Francesco Alborea acquired his musical knowledge as a student of the "Conservatorio Santa Maria di Loreto" in Naples. He was the principal cellist in the Royal Neapolitan Court Orchestra and, alongside Giovanni Perroni (1688-1748), Francesco Scipriani (1678-1753), Salvatore Lanzetti (1710-1780) and others, was one of those influential Italian cello virtuosos of his time, the cello instead of the bass viol increasingly used as an obligatory solo and orchestral instrument. Johann Joachim Quantz and Francesco Geminiani mention his excellent playing on the cello. Travels took him through Italy and to Vienna, where Franz Benda reported on his play. Alborea found from 1721 until his death a job as a member of the Vienna Court Orchestra, most recently at a salary of 1260 guilders. Francesco Alborea is aware of the early use of the thumb pad, unless he used a five-string cello. Among his students were the French cellists Martin Berteau and Jean-Baptiste Barrière. From Alborea are known two sonatas (C major and D major) for cello and basso continuo, which required high backlash for that time, as well as numerous difficult double and chords and arpeggios contain.
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